Nochum — #6286 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nochum

The Social Security Administration has registered 283 babies named Nochum between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nochum currently holds the #6286 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nochum performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nochum shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nochum in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nochum in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 283 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.